Mahias on pole as rain shakes up grid
Full World Supersport qualifying results from Imola
Lucas Mahias made the most of the indifferent conditions to take pole position at Imola ahead of Jules Cluzel while Kenan Sofuoglu claimed a front row start for his final bow.
Full World Supersport qualifying results from Imola
Lucas Mahias made the most of the indifferent conditions to take pole position at Imola ahead of Jules Cluzel while Kenan Sofuoglu claimed a front row start for his final bow.
With drops of rain beginning to at the end of Superpole 1, the pole position shootout was prematurely cut short as a heavy shower soaked the final sector of the circuit but the weather left the first two sectors of the Imola track dry.
Defending World Supersport champion Mahias made the most of conditions to grab pole position for GRT Yamaha ahead of NRT Yamaha’s Jules Cluzel.
Sofuoglu claimed his 101st front row start in World Supersport on his final outing with Puccetti Kawasaki before he retires from racing under medical advice. The five-time World Supersport champion will be gunning to go out on a high have claimed four career wins at the Italian track.
Federico Caricasulo, who had topped free practice for GRT Yamaha, could only manage fourth place ahead of Rob Hartog who took a career best qualifying result of fifth place.
Profile Racing Triumph’s Luke Stapleford grabbed sixth place ahead of wildcard entry Massimo Roccoli, another to profit in the indifferent weather conditions, with Hikari Okubo in eighth for Puccetti Kawasaki as Sandro Cortese completes row three for Kallio Racing Yamaha.
Raffaelle De Rosa heads up row four for MV Agusta, in front of Randy Krummenacher on the Bardahl Evan Bros Yamaha, as Ayrton Badovini could only take 12th place after a small fall as the early rain fell.
